Puerto Rico Cellsite Outages From Quake Drop Below 20%, Says FCC DIRS
The FCC estimates 19.5 percent of cellsites are out in Puerto Rico from recent earthquakes, mostly due to power outages, said the disaster information reporting system Thursday report. That’s down from 31.7 percent the previous day (see 2001080006). A Puerto…
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Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board spokesperson estimated outages at 26 percent Thursday, the same as the day before. Cable and wireline companies reported nearly 173,400 subscribers out of service, down from about 258,600. Liberty Cablevision is assessing its network, including fiber rings, cables and posts, and so far hasn’t found major damage, CEO Naji Khoury said in a statement. Infrastructure is “operating at full capacity,” but power outages in 35 municipalities are disrupting service, it said: About 51 percent of its customers have access to their internet service.